St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-25
Totals. SIS los, O67, $50 81, 127, 25O
HOW THE JoBBERs TALK.

been a general increase of sales over
last year. The territory reached by st.
Paul is much larger. This increase of
business is at least from 10 to p per
cent among the various branches of
trade. and some houses have had an in
crease of 3311s per cent. The reasons
for this general prosperity are, as l
said, the larger territory reached, the
conservative character of the business
established in the last few years, and the
stronger condition of our business
houses and their customers. What We
need most now is the fullest possible
development of our labor system. Goods
can, ought to be, and will be laid down
at st. Paul at the same rate practically
as at Chicago. This once established
will settle all rates from the East here
for the greater part of the year. As to
the rates west. our own roads
need to do more and better for st. Paul
and will sooner or later have to give US
cheaper and better service. For the
benefit of trade generally, in the future,
] would suggest a modification Of the
interstate commerce law. and as little
state legislation as possible regarding
our railroads.
CLAIMING sEABURY.
Charming Seabury, of Maxfield & Sea-
bury, Wholesale GrocerS-I think this
has been a very good year generally in
all lines of the jobbing trade. Crops
throughout the state have generally
been good except in few isolated dis
tricts. The Northwest is filling up grad
ually and steadily, without any SEM
blance of anything like boom or undue
excitement, and this, by the way, is
always the most healthy growth. The
nf fl1n oh 10
going through section of country of
which we hear the most encouraging
reports. This opens up for us market
in that direction which is Of very
great significance to the business
man of st. Paul. Whatever there might
have been that was unhealthy in the
real estate market, it has now subsidized,
and | look for a steady, moderate in
crease of values in that direction, not
connected with any excitement. In
business circles generally the feeling
is that we have begun the ascending
scale the past year after several years
of decline and depression, and all
branches of business have good reason
to look for profitable returns in the
coming years. The history of COM
merce seems to show that prosperity
runs in decades. A series of prosperous
declines, until the bottom is reached,
then the scale turns and goes up in
period of steady prosperity. There is
every indication that we have COM
menced the up-turn of the scale of pros
perity.
GEORGE r. FINCH.
George r. Finch, Of Auerbach.
Finch & Van Slyck, Wholesale Dry
GoOds-The increase of business during
the year over the sales of 1856 with US,
as with other lines, has been so per cent
or over, believe, after carefully look
ing over the records of the years work.
There has been steady market. The
trade is increasing much more rapidly,
for our territory is new and more eX-
tenSive, and we have secured trade
which heretofore went beyond us. All
houses have kept more complete as
sortment and better lines of goods, and,
while on one hand our houses have dis
covered that they can supply the retail
trade with as good lines of goods as they
can get from any house in the East, on
the other, our customers have found out
that fact also. Among our customers
there is better appreciation of st. Paul
as the JObbing center Of the Northwest.
They realize that we are nearer to them
than any other center, and that this en-
ables US to fill their orders much quicker
and cheaper than any other city can.
They also realize that our advantage
In being able to ship in large bulks
from the East has made it easier for US
to give them easy prices. speak con-
servatively, believe, when l say that
our increase in business has been so
great, for we have every natural adj
vantage. We have the advantages of
geographical location, of great trans
pOrtation facilities, and of recognized
place as the supply depot of the North
west. The increasing advantages of our
great Northwestern railroad system
have opened up large territory all
around Us. especially westward, and
the natural development of these new
regions has both enlarged the market
and produced more active demand.
The time has passed when there could
have been any possible competition
with the jobber of st. Paul, for our pO-
sition as the recognized commercial
center Of the Northwest has cut off all
possible competition.
C. W. HACKETT.
G. W. Hackett, of the Strong-Hackett
Hardware Company, Wholesale Hard
ware-Referring to the jObbing trade of
st. Paul, the year has been generally a
very prosperous one, and the
volume of business has been much
into fields that never we're reached be-
fore. The railroads that have been
opened. and others like the Burlington
that. although they were opened a year
ago, have secured regular traffic, have
opened up new fields to US. This terri
tory, though not yet fully developed, is
the natural market of the st. Paul job
Der, and its growth will accelerate our
growth. st. Paul is bound to grow.
Look at the territory tributary to US. 1t
is an empire. Take the territories Of
Dakota, Montana, Northern Idaho,
WashmgtOn-nearly as large as half the
states east of us, and of this great field
st. Paul is the gateway. Their business
we have got to start; the bulk
of it is bound to come
this way. No place can spring up that
can cut us Oft. We haven't begun yet
TO see the growth that we shall have.
This is what insures the prosperity of
this city, and it is that fact which has
insured to Us our prosperity for the past
two years. The opening up OF these
new fields is bound of itself to make up
for any deficiencies that might be. You
see, we are not circumScribed like De-
trOit, Cleveland, Chicago and Buffalo.
One of these cities reaches out west
ward for trade. but it finds limit, and
fits trade is cut off by another. Our rail-
road facilities are in our favor, facili-
ties east and west. The railroads are
compelled to recognize our Importance
rs jobbing trade.
W. A. VAN SLYKE.
". A. Van Slyke, Wholesale Grain,
Produce and CommiSsion-I can say
frankly that the increase of business
has astonished every house in the city.
We have all been very busy; in fact,
our business has besn double that of
last year. Above all other things our
people ought to put their heads together
and establish three or four big Touring
mills. believe they ought to do SO,
even if they didn't get dollar out of
Them for a year or two. 1t Is the only